Alabama Public Television to Maintain PBS Programming

Alabama Public Television to maintain PBS programming

A person holds up a sign supporting PBS during the Alabama Educational Television Commission's meeting on Nov. 18, 2025 in Birmingham. The AETC voted to maintain PBS programming through the end of their contract in June 2026. (Andrea Tinker/Alabama Reflector)BIRMINGHAM — The governing body of Alabama Public Television (APT) Tuesday voted to continue its contract with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), rejecting a proposal to end its agreemen…

EDITORIAL: Alabama Public Television needs PBS

The governing board of the nation’s first educational television network has decided it will not be the first network to disaffiliate from the Public Broadcasting System.

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